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The Singin’ Guru – An Xperience Column – by Jeff and Crystal Moore. Dear Singin’ Guru, I’m busting my hump singing at bars for next to nothing. I absolutely love making my music, but how do I become an artist when it’s so hard to make a living as a musician? Broke as a Joke […]
It is a new month and a new year. But at Xperience Monthly, it’s always new. The Xperience January 2025 Digital Edition features Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, Troy BID executive director Olivia Clemente, and last but certainly not least, Reeves Gabrels of The Cure and Doom Dogs.
Gary Smulyan – Xperience History – by Rob Smittix. Originally published in January 2023. RRX: Where are you based out of? GS: I live in Yonkers, New York. Just north of New York City. RRX: Oh yeah New York City’s hat, I’m familiar, it’s like the extra piece of the Bronx. GS: Yeah, we’re just […]
Jason Bittner – Capital Region Timekeepers – by OP Callaghan. Jason Bittner is no ordinary timekeeper. The internationally well-known and respected drumming phenomenon behind such artists as Overkill, Shadows Fall, and supergroup Category 7, Bittner is a two-time Grammy-nominated drummer who, when not on tour, calls the Capital region home. I first saw Jason with […]
The bands that I was in during the ’80s to ‘90s were created, dedicated, and (in actual fact) singularly infatuated with the search and seizure of the elusive record deal. It was a time when record labels actually came to showcase gigs and looked for bands to sign and record, thereby granting them entre to […]
Reeves Gabrels – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. RRX: How are you doing this morning? RG: Good. I’m up early because we’ve got a cat we got over a year ago after the first gig we did with Doom Dogs, and I think it was July of ’23 … with the current lineup […]
Enduring Rodgers & Hammerstein classic OKLAHOMA! to play at Albany’s Park Playhouse & GPAC, with new musical THE WAITING premiering at Cohoes Music Hall Albany, N.Y. (January 2, 2025) –Today, Playhouse Stage Company announced plans for its 37th Summer Season presenting professional musical theatre to Capital Region audiences in 2025. The company announced productions that will […]
Olivia Clemente – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. RRX: I’ve got Olivia Clemente of the Troy BID (Business Improvement District) on the line. Olivia, what’s your actual title there? OC: Executive Director. RRX: Oh, that’s got a ring to it, doesn’t it? I don’t think I’ve ever had “executive” in any of my […]